Communists at the border!
COHA senior fellow Danny Shaw rejoins us, with your calls, to further elucidate the politics of the Caribbean and Latin America. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Talkies
11:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: FRIDAYS
What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
HAITI!!! Oakland storytellers! Town Crier!
The assassination of the president of Haiti has shocked the world. Long-time observer and reporter on the region Danny Shaw joins us to discuss the current upheavals in the Caribbean. PLUS: a program of Oakland storytellers! PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Margaret Randall: Cuba! Nicaragua!! Bettita!!
Poet and prolific author Margaret Randall comments on recent events in Cuba and Nicaragua—revolutionary governments, long the targets of hostile U.S. foreign policy, now in civic upheaval. She also pays tribute to her friend and fellow activist Bettita Martinez, who recently died. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Re-entering the World
With many COVID restrictions lifting, the matter of resuming, returning, re-entering is taking center stage. But after so many months in health-related isolation, what does that feel like??? Psychotherapist Dr. Melissa Anderson reminds of some of the concerns, and takes your calls. Hosted by Kris Welch.
CalMatters! Women and Work! Town Crier!
Catching up on California—Newsome recall! Fire! COVID!—with CalMatters. PLUS: new report on women and work. PLUS Town Crier! Hosted by Kris Welch.
MICHAEL KLARE
Cold War ll, is being actively pursued by the usual suspects in U.S. and world governments: the famed military-industrial complex—this time with China. Peace and World Security Studies expert Michael Klare shares his concerns, and hopes.Hosted by Kris Welch.
FOOD!
NYT columnist, author, MAJOR foodie Mark Bittman talks about his new book: “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: a History of Food, from sustainable to Suicidal’”. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Nobuko! Town Crier! Julian Assange!
Nobuko Miyamoto’s powerful memoir tells of her childhood in WWII American concentration camps with her family, of her successful Broadway and film career, and of her most fulfilling life as an Asian Movement activist artist. PLUS: Julian Assange’s brother tells of Julian’s status and efforts to free him. PLUS: the one and only Town Crier! … Continued
GOP insurrection cont.! Daniel Ellsberg
January 6 was just a warm-up, says Heather Digby Parton, founder of Hullabaloo blog. PLUS: 50 years after the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg is planning to expose more classified documents to the press, and himself to more trouble from the Authorities. Hosted by Kris Welch.
BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
The lead writer on economics and business for the New York Times, about historical and current political relationship to the pronouncements of economists: taxes, public spending, societal inequality, as spelled out in his first book, “The Economists’ Hour”. Hosted by Kris Welch.